Bubble Gum

[treyflee]

Any one know a trick to getting gum off your bike. Apparently someone was chewing a whole pack of big League Chew and tossed it. I got gum covering the front fender, chin, under tail, tire hugger, both rims and tires, prob exhaust too.

 

[onelogue]

Rub ice on it. Then flick it off with your finger nail. it might work

 

[kyle_dewald]

you get a DNA sample off the gum, find who was chewing it, and make them lick it off the bike. haha, j/k but I do believe that gum is really werid and will get hard and not stick any more and just come right off, but I'm not sure since I haven't had that kind of gum in a really long time. Good luck getting it off and let us know how it goes.

 

[black_xb12r]

ive seen gum taken off of floors before by freezing it with Co2... maybe go buy a can if "canned air" for like blowing out keyboards and stuff and flip it upside down and it will freeze things... spray a lil bit on and try scraping or picking it off... it shouldnt damage anything...

but i agree with everyone else that freezing seems like the best way...

 

[kyle_dewald]

they also sell Co2 canisters for BB Guns, and they sell a kit like this that has a small spray top to use it with.

 

[BigRedonBlack]

goo gone maybe?

 

[upthemaiden]

I don't know how easy it is to find, but they also make liquid nitrogen in a can specifically for removing gum from things. I remember playing with it constantly when I worked at kmart in high school. That was a good 10 years ago though, so who knows how hard it is to find now.

 

[BuddhaBuell]

if you can use ice to get gum out of hair, I figure that will work for your problem
[smirk]

 

[treyflee]

The ice is kinda working, just really slowly. I don't have that kind of patience. I'll get my wife working on it later. That kind of BS in right up her alley. Thanks for the help.

 

[dorado29]

seriously, do the computer duster trick mentioned above.

http://www.amazon.com/Compressed-Gas-Duster-IVR51511-Category/dp/B001CXSFPG + held upside down = no more gum

i was messing with that stuff and it freezes small puddles of water in < 2 seconds.

 

[RiderX]

wife says olive oil should work, have used that on the kids before.

 

[Bossanova]

goo gone maybe?

Goo Be Gone,

Home Depot

 

[07Bolt]

PJ-Cleaner will take super-glue off of chrome w/o a scratch, and gum too

 

[ctmallam]

WD-40

 

[BadDad320]

WD-40 ?????

 

[BigRedonBlack]

yea... WD-40 is good for cleaning bug guts, tar, stuck on rubber and other stuff like gum from surfaces...


idk why i didnt mention that